Walden Bello

Walden Bello
Bello in 2003
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Akbayan Partylist
In office
June 30, 2007 – March 16, 2015
Serving with Risa Hontiveros (2007–2010), Kaka Bag-ao (2010–2013), and Barry Gutierrez (2013–2015)
Preceded byDr. Mario Aguja
Etta Rosales
Succeeded byAngelina Ludovice-Katoh
Personal details
Born
Walden Flores Bello

(1945-11-11) November 11, 1945 (age 78)
Cardona, Rizal, Philippine Commonwealth
Political partyPLM (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2015–2021)
Akbayan (1998–2015)
CPP (1970s–late 1990s)
Spouse
Suranuch Thongsila
(m. 2015; died 2018)
Parent(s)Luz Flores[1]
Jesse Bello[1]
ResidenceQuezon City
Alma materPrinceton University (Ph.D)
OccupationActivist, writer
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
AwardsRight Livelihood Award
Websitewww.waldenbello.org

Walden Flores Bello (born November 11, 1945) is a Filipino academic who served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is an international adjunct professor at Binghamton University,[2] professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and executive director of regional policy think-tank Focus on the Global South. Bello is also the founder and chairperson of the left-wing alliance Laban ng Masa. (lit. Fight of the Masses)

On October 20, 2021, Bello filed his candidacy for vice president in the 2022 Philippine elections as the running mate of presidential candidate and labor leader Leody de Guzman. Their platforms focus on progressive, democratic socialist, and pro-poor systemic change.[3]

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  2. ^ "Walden Bello - Our Faculty - Sociology | Binghamton University".
  3. ^ "Ka Leody-Bello platform: Higher wages, billionaire's tax, mass murderers behind bars". October 23, 2021.